Deccan Collage organised its eighth convocation on Saturday. Dr Narendra Jadhav,Planning Commission member addressed the students on Never forget the past while moving towards the future. Dr GB Deglurkar,president,gave away the certificates to students of MA and PhD in Archeology,Linguistics and Sanskrit & Lexicography.

Dr Jadhav who was in the city to attend the ceremony said,The first draft of the 12th five year plan is ready. It will be finalised in the Cabinet within the next 15 days. In a high-level meeting in November with Chief Ministers in New Delhi,the draft will be discussed and finalised.

The college also awarded Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to MA Mehendale,former joint director of DC,PG Lalye,former HOD,Osmania University and A Sundara,former director,State Department of Archaeology,Karnataka for their contribution to their respective fields of work. A Sanskrit encyclopaedia was also unveiled at the convocation.

After receiving special development grants from the Ministry of Human Resource Development,our University has undertaken the scanning and digitisation project which consists of over a crore data references, said VP Bhatta,director,DC. The university has also started the construction of a separate building for an archaeological museum to house valuable artefacts, he added.